A wonderful film from the Yorkshire Film Archive of the Todmorden News. While much is devoted to the news gathering process, there’s a linecaster of some sort and a Cossar Press to do the hard work of printing.
Author: benb
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Lapsed Historian: A Typeface for the Underground
Article from the Lapsed Historian blog on Edward Johnston’s face for the London Underground — a great read.
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Moving a Press Safely
A nice account of moving a press from the Excelsior Press: it’s true — moving presses is a serious business!
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The Stationers
The City of London’s Livery Company for those in ‘visual and graphic communication’ (but printers, most of all) is the subject of the Gentle Author’s work in this account of Stationers’ Hall. You can also read Justin Fenner’s account of being admitted as a Freeman.
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Adams of Rye
I saw this some time ago — Wallpaper* magazine had commissioned hand-made covers, including this one by Anthony Burrill who asked Adams of Rye in Sussex to print it.
This later video, also by Burrill, has a more general view of Adams.
https://vimeo.com/117215370
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People of Print: Justin Knopp, Typoretum
I’m still catching up on old links and found this People of Print Interview from July: the ever-amazing Typoretum with Just Knopp at the helm.
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Monotype’s New “Eric Gill” Series
Monotype have released their new ‘Eric Gill Series’, a re-creation of Gill and Joanna faces and their variants.
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The Art of the Marbler
Richard Small found this little gem about paper marbling.
https://twitter.com/letter_presser/status/643929360697692160
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The Fell Types
Igino Marini’s website about the Fell Types, including downloadable versions of the types, via. Ian Knight.
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Hiring Hot Metal Compositors
I’d missed this in July (not sure how) about friends at Urban Cottage Industries hiring for line casting machine operators.